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Kurt Hunter built his first marionette at age 12. Ever since he’s made marionettes his passion creating several shows he’s performed all over the United States with his company Kurt Hunter Marionettes. In addition to teaching and performing at National Puppetry Festivals, he is now on the artistic staff of the O’Neill Puppetry conference. I talk to Kurt about his puppetry journey on this episode of Under The Puppet.

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Connect with Kurt Hunter: Website - https://www.huntermarionettes.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/huntermarionettes/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0koWRlgeAv7WFv4GEwvPw Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/huntermarionettes

DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Tony Urbano - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/09/utp-51/

Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts - https://www.foapom.com

Bob Hope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope

Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org

Washington University - https://wustl.edu

Nebraska Wesleyan University - https://www.nebrwesleyan.edu

Penguin in my Pocket - https://youtu.be/AdHaTHdTUPE

Bob Kramer's Marionettes - https://kramersmarionnettes.com

St. Louis Guild of Puppetry - https://www.facebook.com/PuppetGuildStL/

Puppets, Kids, and Christian Education How to Use Puppets in Your Christian Education Program - https://www.amazon.com/Puppets-Kids-Christian-Education-Program/dp/0806664096/ref=sr_1_1? crid=16LYEFAWV1DKL&keywords=kurt+hunter+puppet+book&qid=1661799284&sprefix=kurt+hunter+puppet+boo%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1

Albrecht Roser - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Roser

Bread and Puppet - https://breadandpuppet.org

Heart of the Beast - https://hobt.org

George Latshaw - https://wepa.unima.org/en/george-latshaw/

Tony Sarg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Sarg

Bil Baird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Baird

Shari Lewis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis

Sock Puppet Serenade - https://www.huntermarionettes.com/performances/

UNIMA-USA - https://www.unima-usa.org

Phillip Huber - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/06/utp-17/

O'Neil Puppetry Conference - https://www.theoneill.org/pup

Puppet Fest Midwest - https://www.puppetfestival.org

Jim Henson Foundation - https://www.hensonfoundation.org

Paul Mesner - https://www.mesnerpuppets.org

Clown Shirt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zSO5PFmVM

Paper Marionette Experiment - https://youtu.be/XbMp-8DWJSY

Open Eye Figure Theater - https://www.openeyetheatre.org

Gordon Smuder - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2019/10/utp-33/

Bernd Ogrodnik - https://worldsofpuppets.com

Steven Widerman - https://twitter.com/stevenwiderman

Marty Robinson - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Martin_P._Robinson

Alice Gottschalk - https://sites.bu.edu/womenandmasks/alice-gottschalk/

Pam Arciero - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Arciero

Jim Rose - https://ysnews.com/news/2021/02/james-p-rose (Obituary)

Tyler Bunch - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/03/utp-001/

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/01/utp-11/

University of Connecticut - https://drama.uconn.edu/programs/puppet-arts/

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